† condern.
Obsolete.
1. One who conds or cons a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot
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1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. li. 416 Ships..set a going at the Pleasure and Arbitriment of their Rulers, Conders and Steersmen.
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Conder, one that gives Directions to the Stears-man, for the Guiding of a Ship.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Cond The word is either starboard or port the helm; according as the conder would have the helm put to the right or left side of the ship.
2. A man stationed on an eminence by the shore who signals to fishing-boats the direction taken by the shoals of herring or pilchards; a balker.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [noun] > signalling fishing boats > one who signals to boats
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > directing boats from shore
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1603 Act 1 Jas. I c. 23 Diuers persons..called Balcors, Huors, Condors, Directors, or Guidors.
1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. R3/1 Conders..stand vpon high places neere the sea coast, at the time of herring fishing, to make signes with bowghes, &c. vnto the fishers.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Conders, or Huers,..are Persons who stand on high Places..to make Signs with Boughs, &c. to the Fishers which way the Shoal of Herrings passes.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
3. The raised place on which the conder stands. [Perhaps a local abbreviation or error.]
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1754 T. Gardner Hist. Acct. Dunwich 163 A Conder was erected, whereon the Balkers stood to notify..to Fishermen at Sea, the Direction of the Herring Sholes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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